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Radiometric Dating

Carbon Dating

Half Life

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Description

Learn about different types of radiometric dating, such as carbon dating. Understand how decay and half life work to enable radiometric dating. Play a game that tests your ability to match the percentage of the dating element that remains to the age of the object.

Contoh Tujuan Pengajaran

Explain the concept of half-life, including the random nature of it, in terms of single particles and larger samples.

Describe the processes of decay, including how elements change and emit energy and/or particles

Explain how radiometric dating works and why different elements are used for dating different objects.

Identify that 1/2-life is the time for 1/2 of a radioactive substance to decay.